The winners of the 2017 Grabbys, presented by Grab Magazine, were announced on Saturday, May 27 at the Metro Theater in Chicago.

Considered to be the Oscars of Gay Porn, the Grabbys have been a Memorial Day weekend tradition for more than 20 years. This year Honey West and Chi Chi LaRue returned to host the festivities.

An after party at Charlie’s and an early morning “Late Night with the Men of Titan” at Touche took place after the Grabbys, which were sponsored by SuperMen.com amongst others. If you weren’t able to attend this year, don’t miss out on your chance to “meet the stars” next year!

Four men have been charged on federal hate crime and conspiracy charges for allegedly targeting gay men in home invasions.

An 18-count indictment was returned by a grand jury against Anthony Shelton, 19; Nigel Garrett, 21; Chancler Encalade, 20; and Cameron Ajiduah, 18. The men, all from Frisco, Texas, could face up to life in prison.

Investigators said that the men used Grindr to set up dates with four men before they invaded their homes. The men would then assault their victims, restraining them using tape, and make homophobic comments. In addition to the abuse, the men would steal their cars and belongings.

53 people are facing criminal charges in Nigeria after police claimed they attended a same-sex wedding.

Homosexuality has long been illegal in Nigeria, but a 2013 law moved beyond simply targeting gay sex: extending the provisions to criminalize all forms of same-sex unions and clamp down on the LGBT community. Under the law, people who enter any form of same-sex union are liable for 14 years imprisonment, while people who “witness, abet and aids the solemnization of a same sex marriage or civil union” can face up to 10 years in jail.

The BBC reports that police in the country this month carried out a raid on an alleged ceremonial same-sex wedding in the city of Zaria. According to the broadcaster, 53 people were arrested and have been charged with conspiring to celebrate a same-sex wedding.

News Brief: Study Shows that Homeless LGBT Youth are More Likely to be Sex Traffic Victims

Covenant House International, the largest privately funded youth homeless shelter in the Americas, commissioned a study from Loyola University’s Modern Slavery Research Project (MSRP) on Labor and Sex Trafficking Among Homeless Youth.

The MSRP interviewed 641 young adults aged 17-25 from ten cities across the US and Canada. Nearly one in five (124) were identified as victims of some form of human trafficking. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), defines sex trafficking as “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age.”

Of the 124 trafficking victims, 74 percent reported being trafficked for sex, 41 percent for labor and 17 percent for both sex and labor. Of the 92 young people trafficked for sex, over a third identified as LGBT.